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 HERRINQSHAW S LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Cliiirch 188ri,

and

in

the

KiiHton,

Naticm

Hl' died St-pt.

17,

county, Ohio

Md.

the

civil

engineer, inventor,

14, 1832, in ButFalo, N.Y. United States navy in 18»}2. In 1867 he invented the submarine tor|K'do that b4-art» liis name, which has since become the property of the United States government. He died .April 20, 18}«>, in the

York City. Lay, Oliver Ingraham, painter, artist, was born in 1845 in New York City. His works include ]>ortraits of Kdwin Hooth as Hamlet, Cyrus W. Field, Miss Fedelia Bridges, Henry A. Ferguson and W'inslow Homer, X.A.; Watcliing the Snow; and The Two Friends. He died June 28, 181K), in StratN«'v

Conn. Laycock, J. A., farmer, banker, statesman, was born .Aug. 27, 1847. in Hancock ford,

county, HI.

He was educated

the public schools and at Napa college of Napa City, He is a successful farmer, stockCal. raiser and banker; and in I8H8-MM)2 was county judge of (irant county. Ore.; and has filie'i numerous otiier |)ositions of trust .ind honor. He 's a member of the Oregon state senate for the counties of Crook, (irant. Klamath and Lake; and resides in .lohii Day, Ore. Layng, James D., civil enginwr, railroad in

wa^ born Aug. .'{(, IS.'W, in Columbia. Pa. In IH4U he graduated from the Western university of Pennsylvania; and has attained promin<-nc<- as a civil engineer and railway manager, with headquarters in New York City. In l84!»-r>l he served from rotlman to assistant engineer of construction on the Ohio and Pennsylvania presitlent,

railroad; and in 18."il-.'»;{ was resident engineer of construction on the Steulx'nville and Indiana railroad; and in IS.')K-I».') was RU|)erintendent of tlwt corporation. He has been chief engineer and superintendent of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago an*l St. I..ouis railway; general manager t»f the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway company; and president of the Clevelan<l, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis railway j-ompany. He is now second vicepresident and g«"neral manager of the West Shore railway company; and vice-president of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and St. Ixjuis railway eompiiny. He died Feb. 12. nM»8. in New' York City. Lazaro, Ladislas, United ,'<tate8 congressman, was born .June 1872, near Ville He is a physician; and served Platte, La. two terms as a m«'niber (»f the Louisiana state senate. In IDI.'M") he was a member of the si,ty-third c«»ngres8. Layton, Fernando C, lawyer, congressman, was born April 11, 1847, in Auglaize

and at Wittenberg col-

at Springfield, Ohio. In 1800 he waa admitted to the practice of law. He was a county school examiner for several years; and was prosecuting attorney in 187;"). 78. In 18C3 he was captain of the

was born Jan.

He entered

pub-

lege

ISiM.

Lay, John Louis,

in the

schools;

lic

Lay, James H., lawy«'r, legislator, jurist, 18, 1844, in Hcnton rounty. Mo. In 187.'»-83 lie wa>* a member of tiie Mi.ssouri house of repreaentativeH from Warsaw. He became judge of the circuit

was burn Dvc.

court in

493

He was educated

Home

guard;

was

captain of company national guard in 1878-83; and eipt;iin of the Knights of Pythias in 1886!l|. In l8!H-{>7 he was a representative from Ohio t«i the fifty-second, llfty-third and lifty-ftiurth c«»ngresses as a democrat. He resumed the practice of law at Wapakoneta, Ohio. Lazarus, Emma, |K>et. was lM)rn July 22, ISlii. in New Y«irk City. She was a talented I. -wish poet of N«'w York City. She was the author of Alide, an Kpisoorn Dec. 12, 1804, in Greene county. Pa, He held several local offices; ami in 18.'i2-(]4 was cashier of the bank at aynesburg. Pa. In 1861 -6o he was a re|»resentative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth congresses as a democrat. In 1866 he was a delegate to the national union convention at Philadelphia. Pa. He died Sept. 2, 1877, in Baltimore county. .Md, Lazelle, Harry W., banker of 115 Broadway. New York City, was born Jan. 24. IS({5, in Bro«>klyn, N.Y. He is senior member of the lirm of Lazelle, Fincke and com(i,

Ohio

.



pany of «»f

the

iitlu'r

New York City. lie is a dirt'ctor Bankers' Investing company and

corporations.

Henry Martyn,

Lazelle, ill

iH.Ti

in

r.nliehl.

.Mass.

tered the United States

soldier,

In

was born

1855 he en-

army; and

in

1857-

expeditions against the In1861-66 he served in the civil war: and in 1885 was sent to India on speciiil service. In 1904 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general; and is now engaged in farming in Virginia. He is the 5!)

serve«l

dians.

iiutlior of

iMirce

with

In

One Law

in

Nature; and Matter,

and Spirit.

Lea, Albert M., soldier. pi«meer, founder, was iMirn in 1807 in eastern Tennessee. In I.S.'n he entered the United States army; and was pnnnoted to the rank of lieutenant. He assiste<l in establishing the bounilary line betwiH'n Iowa and Missouri. In

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